Table 1 Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of the study populationa,b
From: Plasma metabolomics profiles in Black and White participants of the Adventist Health Study-2 cohort
| Â | Black | White | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Participants | 171 | 179 | Â |
Sex | Â | Â | 0.67 |
 Male | 88 (51.5) | 87 (48.6) |  |
 Female | 83 (48.5) | 92 (51.4) |  |
Age (years) | 57.3 (11.7) | 60.4 (10.5) | 0.009 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.7 (5.8) | 26.6 (5.5) | 0.07 |
Exercise (min/week) | 88.8 (99.5) | 92.5 (101.1) | 0.74 |
Diet group | Â | Â | 0.84 |
 Vegan | 63 (36.8) | 62 (34.6) |  |
 Pesco-vegetarian | 50 (29.2) | 51 (28.5) |  |
 Nonvegetarian | 58 (33.9) | 66 (36.9) |  |
Coffee (oz/day) | 0.3 (1.0) | 2.2 (6.7) | < 0.001 |
Social vulnerability index (percentile) | 0.65 (0.23) | 0.58 (0.22) | 0.003 |
Education | Â | Â | 0.18 |
 High school | 20 (11.8) | 23 (15.7) |  |
 Some college | 76 (45.0) | 63 (37.5) |  |
 College graduate | 73 (43.2) | 92 (54.8) |  |
Medication use (yes/no) | |||
 Blood pressure | 55 (39) | 42 (23.3) | 0.004 |
 Cholesterol | 23 (16) | 32 (17.8) | 0.84 |
 Aspirin | 42 (29.8) | 61 (33.9) | 0.51 |
Smoking | |||
 Ever | 43 (25.6) | 27 (15.2) |  |
 Never | 125 (74.4) | 151 (84.8) | 0.02 |
Alcohol | |||
 Current | 19 (11.4) | 12 (6.7) | 0.008 |
 Former | 62 (37.3) | 46 (25.6) |  |
 Never | 85 (51.2) | 121 (67.6) |  |
Prevalent disease | |||
 Cardiovascular | 6 (3.5) | 6 (3.3) | 1 |
 Diabetes | 14 (8.2) | 10 (5.6) | 0.41 |
 Cancer | 13 (7.6) | 14 (7.8) | 1 |
Psychosocial stress | Â | Â | 0.07 |
 No | 145 | 164 |  |
 Yes | 26 | 15 |  |